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· Public charity

Pig Works Inc

To create an economically viable, first class and fun marathon for the participants,volunteers,spectators,and sponsors.

$322k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$91kEducation$64kRecreation & Sports$49kCommunity Improvement$30kArts & Culture$29kYouth Development$22kEmployment$10kPublic Benefit$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $39,068, the rows itemized in this filing. The $322,498 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $283,430 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$5,587
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RYLE HIGHSCHOOL ATHLETIC BOOSTERS$12,355
CAT ADOPTION TEAM$5,865
AVONDALE RUNNING CLUB$5,587
KALEIDOSCOPE$5,170
CINCY SLAMMERS FASTPITCH$5,050
3VERB INC$5,041
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%YWCA GREATER CINCINNATI: $5k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$171k · 11 repeat orgs$147k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
17

Total granted

$171k
$136k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+4%

Still filing today

64%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’23’24
HealthEducationCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PR
    PINK RIBBON GOOD INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $22k · revenue +438%
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $17k · revenue +94%
  • CK
    CancerFree KIDS
    2× · 2018–2019 · $15k · revenue +121%

Funded once

  • FF
    FCC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $18k
  • WC
    WEST CLERMONT HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $13k
  • WC
    WEST CLERMONT HIGH SCHOOL PTSO
    one grant, 2018 · $11k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

To grow the vibrancy and economic prosperity of the cincinnati region.

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2
Cincinnati Aquatic Club

To offer children and young adults a top quality program that develops, trains and competes as competitive swimmers year-round in a supportive and motivating enviroment that respects, challenges and nurtures them as athletes, students, and…

Recreation & Sports
3
Clermont Counseling Center

To ensure people with mental illness, addiction, and related challenges lead healthy and productive lives.

Health
4
Cincinnati Public Radio Inc

Cincinnati Public Radio is the trusted, independent source of journalism, music and culture empowering a vibrant, engaged and informed community.

Arts & Culture
5
Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati

To resolve serious legal problems of low income people, to promote economic and family stability, and reduce poverty through effective legal assistance.

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6
The Livestrong Foundation

Since 1997, The Livestrong Foundation has served and supported over 14.2 million people affected by cancer through survivorship programs, publications and collaborative partnerships with community and grassroots organziations to ensure a…

Philanthropy
7
Cancer Support Community - Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky

Our mission is to help people affected by cancer enhance their health and well-being through participation in a professional program of emotional support, education and hope. all services are offered at no cost to people with cancer and…

Human Services
8
Cincinnati Union Bethel

Empowering women to break the cycles of poverty, addiction, and human trafficking.

Human Services
9
Cintrifuse

To empower Cincinnati entrepreneurs to launch bold, scalable startups; and we work to improve the odds of those startups growing into transformational companies.

Community Improvement
10
INTERalliance of Greater Cincinnati

To inspire and assist young talent to pursue an IT career in Greater Cincinnati.

Youth Development
11
The Cincinnati Woman's Club Foundation
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12
Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Empowering people who are blind or visually impaired with opportunities to seek independence.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pink Ribbon Good Inc; the most unlike its peers is Raider Athletic Club Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/18
Grantees still filing
9/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FCC FOUNDATION: $17,700 · OtherFCC FOUNDATIONBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $17,325 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CINCINNATI INCWEST CLERMONT HIGH SCHOOL: $13,284 · OtherWEST CLERMONT HIGH SCHOOLAVONDALE RUNNING CLUB: $11,475 · OtherAVONDALE RUNNING CLUBKALEIDOSCOPE: $11,170 · OtherKALEIDOSCOPEWEST CLERMONT HIGH SCHOOL PTSO: $11,114 · OtherWEST CLERMONT HIGH SCHOOL PTSOJOURNEY TO HOPE INC: $10,215 · OtherJOURNEY TO HOPE INCDILLSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO: $7,435 · OtherSt Rita School For The Deaf: $7,055 · OtherWALNUT HILLS HIGH SCHOOL: $7,050 · OtherMILFORD HIGH SCHOOL: $6,475 · OtherCAT ADOPTION TEAM: $5,865 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,760 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI: $5,680 · OtherLAURENS FIGHT FOR CURE INC: $5,563 · Other+3 more: $15,041 · Other+3 morePINK RIBBON GOOD INC: $21,598 · HealthPINK RIBBON GOOD INCCancerFree KIDS: $14,703 · HealthCancerFree KIDSAMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND INC: $11,515 · HealthAMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BL…Patty Brisben Foundation for Women's Sexual Health: $10,356 · HealthPatty Brisben Foundation f…GOVIBRANT: $10,000 · HealthGOVIBRANTCancer Family Care Inc: $6,807 · HealthCancer Family Care IncBREWERY DISTRICT COMMUNITY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $30,000 · Community ImprovementBREWERY DI…Raider Athletic Club Inc: $18,595 · EducationWalnut Hills High School Association: $5,700 · EducationCINCY SLAMMERS FASTPITCH: $14,400 · Youth DevelopmentDRESS FOR SUCCESS WORLDWIDE: $9,916 · InternationalCincy Bike Share Inc: $6,000 · Public Benefit
Other$158,207Health$74,979Community Improvement$30,000Education$24,295Youth Development$14,400International$9,916Public Benefit$6,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBREWERY DISTRICT COMMUNITY URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $30,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetPINK RIBBON GOOD INC: $21,598 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRaider Athletic Club Inc: $18,595 over 2y, 16% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $17,325 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND INC: $11,515 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPatty Brisben Foundation for Women's Sexual Health: $10,356 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetJOURNEY TO HOPE INC: $10,215 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetGOVIBRANT: $10,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS WORLDWIDE: $9,916 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Rita School For The Deaf: $7,055 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCancer Family Care Inc: $6,807 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCincy Bike Share Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWalnut Hills High School Association: $5,700 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetLAURENS FIGHT FOR CURE INC: $5,563 over 1y, 10% of budgetYWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Greater Cincinnat…United Way of Greater…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Duke Energy FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH18.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Pig Works Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pig Works Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $1.4M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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